Relax. This is just another one of the bungers that is thrown into the works to divert the ALAEA and put some fear into the members.
If we all know what we want, and are prepared to stand for it, then there isn't much the companies, CASA or the AEC can do. Even in the worst case scenario, that IF SP is removed from his position, there's nothing stopping him from acting as a consultant and giving advice to the members. This is a free country afterall.
If the members of the ALAEA could stand together in 2008, thene there's nothing stopping them from standing together in 2010.
It's up to us to stand for what we want. Many of the company employees are pretty well fed up with the way things are going, and the current management doesn't fare any better than their predecessors. Same game, different players.